#ft motifs

[feelingpure]

Fellow Travelers | The Orange Elephant in the Room

Alright, let's talk about it.

For those who've watched the available episodes of FT so far; I'm sure we've all noticed the citrus haze they all seem to be living in.

Especially if you've attempted to edit/GIF any portion of it. The struggle is real and I'm sure has inspired many colouring dilemmas.

And we're all asking "WHY?!".

Now, I'm writing this having not looked up anything about it. So I dunno if anyone responsible has made a formal confession.

One of my initial thoughts around it was; okay... so is this just a 1950s thing? But after watching (and rewatching) episode 2, I feel like it's part of the story in a different way; It's clearly a stylistic choice, yes (I should hope that doesn't just happen by accident). But it also seems to double as a narrative choice.

Putting the rest, with image examples, under a cut because it's kinda long.

Warm vs Cool

The conclusion I've come to is pretty simply, one that we've seen used across media in a lot of movies and shows. Warm tones used to colour scenes that are meant to literally be 'warm'; a loving environment or somewhere where the character(s) feel like they can be themselves. Cool tones used for scenes where it's quite the opposite; a cold hostile environment where the character(s) does not feel welcome. Gradients in between for all the neutral/'greyarea' spaces.

Consider

Cool/neutral outdoor bench scene (with park spies around):

Maybe it's an indoor/outdoor thing? No...

Indoors (even with the mandatory orange lamps nearby) they stay pretty neutral:

Night time/day time thing? No...

Night time vs day time in Tim's apartment:

Compare it to day time neutral alone Tim in the same room before. The difference is that he's with Hawk, out of sight of any would be naysayers.

So yeah, while I am mad about the colouring for giffing needs, I do think what they're doing is pretty neat, and the POC in the show look glorious in the warm tones.

The warm/cool motif is dialled up even more in episode 2, with the contrast of Mary's warm welcoming party and Hawk's cold af family gathering (even though they still have the orange lamps/sconces around, they add nothing to the warmth):

🥺 Ugh, Tim at Mary's party. Might be my favourite part of the episode, alongside the kissing n spooning. Anyway...

The transition of Mary from the same living room where she hosted that party, to the kitchen they were just questioned in:

That transition made me start paying more attention and go back to rewatch previous scenes just for colour themes.

Interestingly Hawk's apartment seems to live in this neutral/warmish space. It was more warm earlier in the episode, especially when they were in the bedroom the morning Tim left his glasses. But in general it's a lot less warm than Tim's apartment when compared; still their skin glows with a hint of tangerine:

Of course, not only the lighting/colouring but their outfit choices say a lot. Tim is usually in the warm browns with his dress, while Hawk pretty much sticks to black, white, grey (hints of a cool toned blues and reds in his ties). This coupled with the differences in their own living space probably reflects a lot about the character and how 'welcoming' they are to others. Idk... or I could just be thinking too much about it.

This is another really interesting transition in episode 2. As Hawk hangs up the phone in that cool toned side room, opens the door to the main room of a gay bar, the warm tones literally seem to absorb him in. Which makes sense, this is obviously a gay friendly place in San Francisco. He doesn't have to try to hide any part of himself, like he probably was still trying to do on that voicemail to Lucy just before.

Now, I could go through and screenshot a load more examples (some scenes with Lucy are interesting, and that lounge/club), but you probably get the gist, you see the pattern. If not before, on your next watch, you'll certainly see it.

This has got longer than intended; I'd be surprised if anyone got this far, I did NOT fully organise my thoughts before I started this, I just began rambling and I feel like it could've been more organised and laid out better. But if you have thoughts about the colouring, I'd really like to see those too. 🤗

[feelingpure]

They make it very subtle here, I didn't notice this just watching the scene, or even scrolling through the pics at first. But having these shots right next to each other; the temperature of Tim's whole outfit has shifted, Hawk's is warmer too (though harder to tell cause of the darker colours), the glow on their faces. You can even see the change in that paper bag.

And it's so obvious when you look at the building behind them on the right. The orange light intensifies so much once Tim gives Hawk his number.

because sometimes gifs are just not slow enough, i present to you the glorious body language and edging closer of tim & hawk's second meeting <3

I'll spend the afternoon picturing you kneeling in prayer.

[kindred-spirit-93]

THIS IS EPIC: CUT SONG SAGA

my jaw fell to the floor and the rest of me threatened to follow

polites' verse drop kicked me in the feels, threw me off the walls of troy, shot me in the heart, pancake'd me, send me to hades and back,

i am never ever recovering from the way polites "what keeps you up so late at night my friend?" is the same as telemachus' "tell me athena why you came to my aid?" :')

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wholesomeness to either heal or do further harm lol. the bromance is bromancing i love them sm polites is the light & love of my life asdfgh

WHY. WHY DID YOU DID THIS? WHYYYYYY

[yamishika]

Jellal & Erza : Lilium / Death Of Innocence

Pure white lilies once untouched by scare and sin

Now bathe in blood and are soaked from within

Their fragile petals have become bruised and worn 

Marking the place where innocence has been trampled and torn

Sweet laughter no longer lingers here 

Just the looming shadows that speak of fear 

The scarlet stains, an unmoving mark 

Forever reminding of the chains that kept them bound in the dark 

The lilies scream their silent cries 

Of dreams undone beneath lightless skies 

Each drop of red, a memory slain 

And haunting reminders of a past that never lets them break from their chains

Once soft as dawn, their beauty has bled

But neither are they allowed to rest amongst those forgotten or dead 

Yet the blood stained lilies continue to bow in grief 

Whilst watching the promise of innocence being swept away like a falling leaf

Darkness still surrounds yet they stand, though bent and torn 

Eternally mourning the life that could have once been born 

With each scarlet stained petal, and through every lamenting sigh

The death of our innocence only continues to pass on by..

[anuncommonwhore]

IWTV S3 partial Teaser

(necklace giving throat slash anyone?)

[dreadfuldevotee]

help! i actually have to use my sewing machine

[leelreallylikespersona]

Jose is a mini Yaldabaoth. In this essay I will

[noeggets]

there are more characters i can put in Rival tm and other rival but not rivals anymore but those are just the ones i know off the top of my head i only watch obscure anime nobody knows about

[lyricalchrysanthemum]

lyra kawamoto fragment sekai go!!

LYRA KAWAMOTO FRAGMENT SEKAI LETS GOOO

Lyra’s fragment sekai takes place in a courtyard surrounding by a white fencing, with a white cage in the center decorated by various red and blue flowers growing on the bars. Inside said cage is a table with two seats, a tea set on top with two cups set out. Both equally full of black tea. On the side of the table nearest to her, there sat a silver hand mirror, the frame decorated by rubies and aquamarines.

There are other tables outside of the cage, but none with chairs. They all have letters though, sealed with a heart sticker, but addressed to no one. There's a bunch of blank polaroids too.

Underneath the bars of the cage and the table sits a river small enough to just pass underneath the table without touching the chairs. But big enough to let red lycoris flowers float down.

The garden is silent, with only noise Lyra is able to hear is chirping birds off in the distance, and the gentle running stream of the river.

With nothing else to do, after waking up here, Lyra seems gravitated to sit in the center table inside the cage. She picks up the mirror on her side of the table to inspect it out of curiosity, only to notice she has no reflection in it. She stares at the mirror for a while to take in the fact she has no reflection. She's speechless.

She's so caught up in looking at the mirror without her reflection that she doesn't notice a girl that looks weirdly like her looking at her from across the table. She has her same face shape, skin tone, onyx colored eyes, and, despite her mostly blue-dyed hair, she recognizes her own hair's shade of brown in the roots of the other. It was put into pigtails just like her too.

She seems almost familiar to Lyra, but she can't seem to put her finger on why.

But the girl starts talking to Lyra like they've known each other for a long while now, and Lyra can't help talking back to her. The girl knows a bunch of secrets of Lyra's that she can't recall telling any, and Lyra seems to know a lot about this other girl too.

Lyra tosses four sugar cubes into her tea, before going for a fifth. The girl across from her makes a snide remark about there being so much sugar in her tea, saying that much sugar would kill someone. Lyra pouts for a bit, before noticing the girl is going to start drinking her own tea without any sugar.

Lyra asks about this, tea is so bitter without sugar after all, but the other just simply says her taste buds are trained for this. So much time with uncle has gotten her used to drinking tea with no sugar, and it's just an acquired taste. Lyra thinks back to her own relationship with her her family, particularly with Bill, thinking about how little she's talked with her own uncle since her thirteenth birthday and he gave her Ombre the Eevee.

The girl in front of her goes for a sip of her own tea, grimacing once she takes it. Not that it's bitter. It's cold. Weird. Lyra's cup feels like it just came from the kettle. Lyra moves to grab the kettle, but the girl in front of her stops her. Neither of them should fill a cup. Less they accidentally cross too far across the river underneath their table.

The two continue talking for a bit. Not really telling each other about themselves outside of miscellaneous, unimportant tidbits. And while Lyra could almost swear the girl was the missing image from the mirror initially, the more the two talk, the more different they start appearing. From the little ticks, the speaking style, personalities. They may have the same face. But that's all they have in common.

And as their conversation wraps up, both cups now emptied, the girl in front of Lyra makes a comment: "Thank you for being kind to me, you truly are a wonderful soul."

"I hope we both find happiness, so we'll never cross paths again."

When Lyra asks what the girl in front of her means, a strong breeze starts blowing. The blue haired girl blows away with the wind, simply smiling with her eyes closed, the cards and polaroids blowing away with her.

Two of them land on the table, with all of them being addressed to her. One of the hearts is lined in gold, the other is lined in silver. Both of them inside talk about how much they love her presence, everything they like about her, how thankful they are for her. And as she reads the letters, the polaroids start to fade in, all with pictures of her, Silver, Ethan, and a Kris hanging out on the Pokemon Center PC, or one time when she was being held up in the pokewalker by Lyra.

All of them precious memories.

Tears start forming in her eyes, and she starts trembling. The flowers have turned red, and the aquamarines doning the mirror have all become rubies.

A teardrop falls from her face, and onto the mirror. Causing her reflection to suddenly appear. A reflection that has become nothing like the girl that sat across her from the table just moments ago. And as she stares more at the mirror, watching her tears fall, she starts smiling, wiping away at them as she chuckles lightly.

"Thank you..." she whimpers.

A light starts glowing from the mirror, taking her away from the garden.

[loregoddess]

if I had a quarter for every time there was a zombie army of any size in a trpg/srpg, I would have an ungodly number of quarters, why does this keep happening

[feelingpure]

89.9% of us were so right about her.

[elvenderelict]

l i n k s

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In Character Closed Threads Open Starters Greetings Inbox Starter Calls Ask Memes Motifs Character Studies Rec (+ Self Promo) Mun Inbox Polls Out of Character

[celestiamour]

Hello can you please do hcs for su-bong x sweet fem reader? By sweet I mean nice to everyone and loved/liked by almost everyone so people are shocked he pulled 😭 (sorry if it’s a bit specific!) Thank you!

ft. choi su-bong x f! reader — squid game

╰₊✧ sweetheart! reader┊0.5k words

contains: established relationship, mentioned drug use

➤ author's note: another short one served but they are so cute omg

╰₊✧ most people in the games don’t like thanos, even his fans who survived the first games are learning why “never meet your heroes” is such a popular saying. he’s obnoxious, arrogant, temperamental, unpredictable in dangerous ways (especially when high) with how he dances with death, and rarely ever considers the well-being of others unless they are part of his team. they prefer to steer clear of them as nothing good could ever come from associating with a hooligan like him, and they tell you to do the same because he would only be a bad influence.

╰₊✧ when they find out a sweetheart like you is actually his girlfriend, their jaws go slack and their eyes go round in shock. not a fling to pass the time, not a situationship, his real girlfriend whom he’s very committed to. you, the darling girl everyone loves who gives massages to the elderly and always gives her milk away to anyone who needs it, dating some fuckass rapper who is a menace to society. 

╰₊✧ while your boyfriend frequently flexes you as his partner, truth be told, he’s not sure how he pulled you either but is too scared to ask just in case you realize you can do better than him. 

╰₊✧ he’s so smitten with you, by the way, it’s almost pathetic. his personality turns a complete 180 degrees and gives kang dae-ho a run for his money in the contest of golden retriever personality, a complete and utter simp (do people even still use that word anymore) for you— you say “jump,” he asks “how high.” he would probably quit using drugs if you asked him to and supported him through withdrawals, which is probably why he’s a bit more sneaky about it and you haven’t noticed yet.

╰₊✧ never says sorry first after arguments because of how stubborn he is, but he feels so guilty when you sputter a string of apologies through tears seconds after that he might start crying too because you’re just too sweet for him. 

╰₊✧ deviates from his usual style of songwriting to write more romantic stuff dedicated to you with lots of motifs about heavenly angels and saccharine sugar. he finds the final product a little embarrassing because of just how different it is to his raps, but you always love it and listen to it at least a hundred times before adding it to your favorites. also, he has so many playlists with you in mind, he probably has a separate account for them. he puts a little too much thought into curating the perfect background music for dates, for dancing around the house, or just to listen to with headphones when he’s thinking about you in any instance.

╰₊✧ matching icons on your social media with half a heart frame so when you put them together it’s a heart around the two of you because he’ll be damned if the entire world doesn’t know that you’re his and he’s yours.

[vihrago-a]

logan swings his lasso and without much effort , catches kaori in it . pulling her towards him in a quick motion , he gently places his hands on her hips and smirks . " howdy , beautiful . "

generally, she is not easily flustered. it takes a lot to break her normally stoic expression. but when it comes to logan? all bars are down. a quiet squeak escapes her as shes pulled in his direction — red rushing to her cheeks. his hands are on her hips and suddenly she feels as bashful as a high-school girl when faced with her crush. his cheesy little phrases always managed to break her. curse him.

❝ well hello there, cowboy— you’ve managed to snatch me up. what ever shall i do? ❞

kaori’s bashfulness melts into a gentle grin. she’s quick to give him a swift kiss on the cheek, red lipstick immediately leaving a mark on his skin. now everyone would know. and per usual she’s then removed his hat and placed it on her own head with a little glint of satisfaction on her face. how he’s put up with it for so long, kaori has no clue.

[treasurehuntbuck]

The thing about the rain is that yes, they've been setting up crazy symbolism and parallels since the start of s7. Obviously the sun is a huge motif for them, along with the Abby/Buck walking away parallel.

BUT the one that has been eating at me all day is The Rain: yes its a romcom icon for sure. But the rain is a symbol of major moments of buddie literally being separated, ie the fact that they are literally separated by 40 ft of mud during the well scene, and when they are separated by life and death in the lightning strike scene. We are getting that again because Eddie is choosing to leave. He's not leaving Buck, he's going to Chris, but physically he is walking away from Buck, who is the poster boy for abandonment issues. So it’s not just space that has separated them, it’s also Chris (one of the fundamental things that brought them together in the first place, more on that later) and their own actions.

One of the big things in the well and lightning arcs is that they have to fight to live. Eddie has to make the decision to fight for his family. To fight to come home to Buck and Christopher. And the same is true of the lightning arc. Buck makes the decision to fight to live. To escape from the coma dream. To come back to the real world. I think we will see this again with both of them. Eddie has to fight to bring Chris home and to come back to Buck. I think Buck is going to have to fight for Eddie and Chris too.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Extreme colorful, maximalist 1893 Victorian in Quitman, GA has 4bds, 4ba, 4,146 sq ft, $449k. Feast your eyes on this one.

Enter the bright main hall decorated in green, orange and purple.

The peach and green sitting room has a perfectly color-coordinated Xmas tree.

Dining room is next to the sitting room and look at the profusion of flowers on the beautiful fireplace. The owner really loves this house.

The kitchen is huge and it's so pretty. I love the mint green. I wonder if the China cabinet will remain.

On the other side of the hall is the keeping room, or 2nd sitting room. It's more casual and has a cute color-coordinated fireplace.

Look at the hall from behind the stairs that leads to more rooms. Looks like you can see the 2nd level.

The sun room is the less formal dining room. How cheerful.

Here's a cute sunny yellow powder room.

The back porch is completely decorated with a kitchen set for everyday dining and a family sitting area.

What a pretty bedroom. Love the colors, the chandelier, the art and the fireplace.

Look at the bath. it's been renovated, but the decor makes it perfectly match the rest of the house.

Even the 2nd floor landing is completely decorated.

They've got a little desk back here.

This is fantastic- a huge crafting room.

This bedroom is done in an Americana motif.

And, the vintage bath matches it.

The primary bedroom is lovely.

Look at the size of the ensuite.

And, there's also a dressing/closet area.

Isn't this a wonderful porch?

The yard is huge and the lot measures .41 acre.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/418-N-Court-St-Quitman-GA-31643/117753385_zpid/?